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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28
SELECT SIFTINGS.


Kentucky has banana fiend, who re-
:ently ate thirty-fOur bananas IN one
hour.
sumatra has flower which grows to
nine feet in circumference and Weighs
fifteen posnds.
Horodo.us, the first Greek historian.
and father of history, lived, according
70 Cicero, about 4J0
The eggs of single sturgeon, counted
by Frank Buckland, numbered 2l,GvO,
and weighed forty-tve pounds.
The first historical mention Of soap oo-
ours in Pliny and Ga en-, the former
attributing its invention t. the Gaul'.
In the superstition of sailor mel there
is connection between white horses and
preachers. Both are believed to bring
bad lack to the vessel carrying them.
A man shoveing dit W tn o shovel
one pound heavier than it need be VIII
lift ., 020 pounds more in day Of ten
hours than he would with shovel one
pound lighter.
William L. Miller, Of Charleston, 8.
c., has two immense iron shells, said to
be the first two shots fired at Bat cry
Wagner at the beginning of the Civil
war. The shells were never exploded.
They weigh 200 pounds each.
Louis Bayden, blind man who died
at Worcester, Mass, the other day, had
his sense of touch so developed that he
could tell the denomination Of a bank
note by feeling it, and in wedding 4 large
garden he could always distinguish b o
Young vegetable plant from weed.
Next year (l8S9) will bo.a peculiar one
in this respect: That the last three nu-
merals which compose it will he the same
figures, circumstance VIII 81 can only
occur once in century, or, more strictly
speaking, once in every II wears, as 1t
will be III years before another three
Of kind 1890 will be reached.
There is q colored man IN New York
hospital who has patch of light colOred
skin on his back. 1t was grated there,
he havi1g lost the original cut Gle by
falling against q roller in shoe factory.
The pieces were taken from the arms Of
young medical student At first the
transp!anted skin remained white, but It
is said to be slowly turning black.
An animal with the head and tai Of an
alligator, and the hack and claws of a
tortoise, is on exhibition at the store OF
George Huse, a Liverpool (England) i'm,
porter of turtles. 1t ls called an alligator
tortoise, and was captured by an Eng
lish sailor in the swamps near New Or
leans. The English natura!ists have
never seen anything like it before, and
are trying to buy it for public museum,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28
he California raisin has reacht

The California raisin has reached such
perfection that it is now able to- compete
successfully with the finest of the Spanish
frui'. The loose native Muscatel is now
packed by machinery, which has enabled
the packer to compete with the low
priced manual labor of Spain. L. The
"steam power stemmer" stems nddiYides
the fruit into three grades at the Rate of
100, 900 pounds day, with the assistance
of about twenty men. This rapidlty of
operation would surprise the Spanish
packers with their primitive methods of
stemming by hand. To this is added
packing machine, which packs the
stemmed raisins in boxes of twenty
pounds weight each.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28
THE LONDON MODS.

Their Unrest Caused by Dcstitut'On-
More Danger PrOblble from Them.
The demonstrations Of mobS Of unemployed
laborers and worthless vagabonds in London
have occupied the attention Of this metropo
lis all the week, and have been much exag
gerated. Frenohmen and Germans have
been deferred from coming over to an. extei,I
which has seriously interfered with channel
traffic The disturbances are chiefly important
asindications of what may be expected il moth.
ing be done TO relieve the really awful dis.
tress, and counteract tho dangerous advlce
daily poured into the ears of hungry work.
men by the worst class Of Anarchist orators.
The warning has not bean lost by those who
will be most apt to suffer, but IN general no
idea seems to be had Of the real amount Of
misery and desperation which exists and the
serious danger which threatens London's shops
as we'll it may unless the rule be definitely es-
tablished and carried out that the remedy for
hard times is to shoot down the hungry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

The new British coib, the double florin
or dollar, is believed toebe the beginning
of the end of the old pounds, shilings,
pence and farthings division of British
money. For long time the present pound
has been regarded as an inconvenient
unit of monetary value and many schemes
have been proposed to remedy the fault.
The London Chamber OF Commerce has
now under consideration plan making
the four shilling piece the unit of value or
dollar, and dividing it into cents. BY
this plan nearly all the existing coins can
be utilized without creating any confu-
sion from having double standard Of
unit value in force. The sovereign would
become Eve dollars, two shilings half
dollar, o1e shilling twenty-five cents,
while the new ons would be ten an /
five cents, the new penny two cents and
the half-penny one cent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28
new ENGLAND NEWS.

John Ca;ey, one of the six convicts who
escaped from Worcester Mass Jail on May
5 last, hiss been rearrt sted as lie was about
to go aboard one OF the Havana steamers at
New York.
Charles Avery, while attempting to hoard
height train on the Bo>tol aud Albany
raj road between Warren aud West Warren,
fell under the wheels ami had a leg ampu
tated.
The highest tide over known at Welfeet,
Mass, washed the caches and lower streets
recently, caused by the severe gale.
DR.. Tacott OF the Mddletown Insane asy-
lum announces that Bartley Campbell, the
playwright, is rapidly approaching return
to complete health.
Mrs. Joseph Mitchell of Charlestown, Mass,
while building kitchen fire with kerose he
at BiddeGord, Me-, was burned probably IA
tally.
James Mallory, assistant baggage master
on the New Britain (Ct.) branch ofthe Con.
solidated road, met with a horrible death.
His manglel remains were found on the
track
Daniel Hartigan, New York & New Ha-
ven railroad section boss, was instantly killed
while at work near the Tin bridge near New
Haven, Ct lp his efforts to get his gang Of
Italians out Of the way Of an approaching
express, be was struck and crushed to death,
At a meeting of tho directors Of the Con-
necticut Ho>pital, Mrs Henry Farnu;n,
widow of Professor Farnum, offered to build
an operating dormitory for the hospital, to
cost $1,000. The gift was unanimously ao-
cepted.
A we'll dressed woman, apparently about
80 years of age, accosted Amelia Casson, a
nine-year-old Boston girl. and requested her
m elf HOvVn a Ipn1Sfnn aud hold n civ
months old baby while she went TO the depot
to get a parcel. In the course Of three hours
Amelia got tired Of her task and took the
baby to station /, whence 1t was taken to the
Chardon Street Home.
A man in Portland, Me-, Is living with
seven wives and seeking converts to the
Mormon faith.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

The tobacco leaf is received at the
factory in bales, and the first process Is
to dampen or "blowp it for the strippers-
The strippers are usually girls, til ugh
boys are employed also. They receNa
the dtfmpened tobacco leaves, and theft
business is to stip the leaves from tho
center stalk that runs through the middle
of each leaf This is done by hand, and
requires soma dexterity, which can only
be acquaired by practice. An expert
stripper earns $l,25 day, the less ex-
per, seventy five cents and 81. The stalks
are thrown into heap at one side, TO be
sold to the florists and gardeners for
fumigating purposes, and the leaves arc
made up into bundles, to be distr bate4
among the cigarmakers at the various
benches.
Every day each cigarmlker receives y
certain weight of tobacco leaves, out OF
which he must make a certain number of
cigars. From eight to fifteen pounds q
thousand, cording to their sic, is the
we ght OF the ordinary sizes.
The tools of a cigarmaker consist Of
square cutting board, a sharp knife, like
that used by shoemakerS, ald q pot Of
gum. Taking up some of the broken
leaf in his left hand, he rolls it up with
the right, either up or down, according
as he has been taught. A Spanish cigar
maker always rolls it down, while q
German always rolls it up. This makes
the filler. The art of making the filler
consists in making the grain of the leaf
all one way, and so as to run from the
end of the cigar. Then the fire burns
with the grain, and the cigar is said to
smoke well. When smoker has a cigar
that won't draw, in all probability it was
made by Il novice, and the filler was ar
ranged, topsy-turvy, or against the
gra n.
The filler being made, ordinary work
man with ordinary cigars next put on q
binder, which is a large smooth leaf, to
enyelop the filler, and then put on the
wrapper, Il narrow strip of smooth leaf
rolled round and round obliquely toward
the top, and fastened there with touch
of gum. The Spanish workman making
the best quality of cigars puts the wrap.
per around the tiller without binder.
When we'll made this proves to be the
best cigar for smoking, A good work
man can make 1000 cigars n week,
though it takes hard work to do it. The
pay is according to the quality of the
cigar, from SIS TO $50 per 1000, When
the filters are made in mould, from SS
to $l5 per thousand is pail. Alter being
made the cigars are taken 10 another
bench, where they are assorted accord
ing to color, after which they are packed
in boxes, branded, labeled and stamped,
and then they are ready for the market
ChicagO Tribune
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

A Nagasaki Japan) correspondent of
the st. Louis GIole- Democrat says that a
peasant woman near that city has crea.
ted stir in medical circles by pro.
pounding new theory and cure for
rheumatism, According to her, rheu.
matism is growth Of small parasites
under the skin, a small insect that gnaws
and bites and causes the untold misery
and all the twinges of that ailment.
These she claims to be able to see under
the skin, and she removes them with a
little steel hook. She treated a skepti-
cal sea captain who was completely laid
up with lame knees, and after foot baths
of bran and hot rice brandy, took out
small white insects by the dozen. One
of them when brought out to the sur.
face made spring and was lost to sight.
One of the bystanders felt sting, aud
the next day hal sore place on his arm,
and, cutting into it, it was found that
the rheumatism bug was there, burrow.
ing like a tick. A deaf man was per-
suaded to go to her after suffering pain
In his ears, and she promptly took a
dozen or more parasites from one ear.
The medical profession are skeptical, as
well they may be.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

A prominent hotel steward in Chicago
MAKES good income BY teaching wealthy
but inexperienced epicures the art of
dining. His method, are very agreeable.
lie dimes with his patrons at fashionable
restaurants orders and explains various
dishes, interpreting the French names.
When people wish to give little suppsrs,
he teaches the servants, talks with the
housewife, and e5en makes excursions
to the markets, where he teaches the
best ways of selecting food.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

Tho MaaVactUrsr's RgO]I of Balti-
more publishes compilation of tie in
crease in the manufacture of cotton In
the several States of the South, and the
percentage of profit which will a 7erage
fully 20 per cent. on the cost. Fully
$500, 900 Is about to be expended in
new mills in that State. In North Caro-
lima 1866, 900 wi be expended in elise
County, while in Georgia half dozen
mills are enlarging their capacity. A
like activity prevails iu Maryland, Texas
and Tennessee.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

There are 400 Mormon Bishops In
Utah, 2,423 Priests, 2,947 Teachers, and
6,S54 Deacons. Salt Lake City is di-
vided into wards Of eight or nine blocks
each, and Bishop is put in charge of
each ward. Under him there are two
teachers, whose business is to learn the
employment and income of every resident
of the warl and report the same to the
Bishop. Thdn the Bishop collects the
tenth of each mans income and turns ii
oyer to the church authorities.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

The iailer of the Pueblo county jail,
Colorado, permitted one of the prisoners
to play the violin evenings. The other
night the scraping began at an early
hour, and has kept up continuously and
vigorously until late, when it ceased. In
the morning the ia;ler found thlt, under
cover of the music, four prisoners had
sawed off portion of a window casing,
worked big stone oat of place and
sscaped,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

The great Baldwin Locomotive Work,
Of Philadelphia, report that the business
of that establishment was never greater
than now and that rhey expect to exceed
the last years capacity in 1887 by 100
locomotives, which will be at the rate
of fifteen week. They ace employing
9, 700 hands.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

King Humbert of Italy is reported to
have SAID in a recent conversation that
the best monarchy is the oae in which
the king is felt everywhere without be-
ing observed. "And the best repubic~
he was asked. LIT is that one, was the
reply, "where, as in America, the genius
Of the peop'e has so deeply penetrated
every i3re of the social fabric that NO
place remains for king"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28
Inherited Cancer.

A large number of people affected with
cancer are descended from cancerous
parents or grandpa ents, and the disease
descends nearly all in one line. 1t may
be equally inherited from either father
or mother. In a case the writer saw re-
Gently three generations had been af-
ficted with cancer, and three aunts or
uncles were similarly affected. Still it
must not be supposed that because can.
Ger may be in family therefore all de-
scendants must have it.--AljGny Press
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

One Of the latest achievements of sci
ence, remarks the New York World, is
the measurement of snail's pace. 1t
has juss been demonstrated that snail
can go mile in IA days. Science should
now attempt to discover how long it
takes the average messenger boy to go
the same distance in marble-playing
rnneon
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

John F. Smith, Philadelphia philan
thropist, has presented the Sanitarium
Association OF that city with $40, 900, ac-
companied by the request that the sum
be devoted to the purchase of a steam,
boat for transporting children to the
out.of-town groves and resorts during
the long, hst summer days of coming
voars
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

There were over 5000, coo, 900 cigars
manufactured in the United States in
1886. In 1891 there were a little over
5000, 900, OrO made, and in 1880 little
over 1900, 900, 900. 1t Is, therefore,
safe to assume that the use of the weed
Is not On the decrease.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

Thilty-six million trade dollars In al,
were originally coined at the United
States Mint. Of these only eight million
have been redeemed. 1t is thought most
of them have found their way to Chins
in the course of trade.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

The Austrian Government mas decided
that American missionaries have no right
to conduct worship in halls or chapels,
but hre strictly limited to "house.wor.
shiD. -
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28
A Morning Lay.

Beneath my window, in the calm,
Still autumn morn arose
A lay that strangely stirred my heart
And banishe1 all repose.
] called out to the farmers boy,
e ay, whence that wondrous layp
"Tis our old speckled hen," said he,
who's laid an egg to-day"
--2hs Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

A late steamer from San Francisco te
China took out 200 tons of mining ma
emery and six skilled American miners,
to a,d in the mineral development of thai
country
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

The United States Agricultural De-
partment's report, just issued, gives the
average condition of the corn crop in ten
Southern States, and on this basis the
yield for these States, as compared with
last year lin busheIs) will be:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

TIE English co.orerativcs have bank
whose transactions amount to $50. 000,
900 ycar. Their 800, 900 Numbers re-
ceivc an annull profit of 15,C00, 00l.
Their profits during tie last twenty.folr
years have ksan $50, ,00G000.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28

29y,438, ,U0U 2H, H,4l2,O ,OOU
These figures show an increase of over
81, 900, 900 bushels in the yield of the
States above given.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-28
WoONsoCKET ELoPEMENr.
A Prominent Young Couple RuR Away
to New York.

James Conley, 10 years old, and Miss
Blanche Getchell, II years old, have eloped
from Woonsooket, r. l. Tho matter has
been kept very quiet, hut it leaked out. Tho
elopiug couple are supposed to be in New
York. Nothing has been heard from them.
The parents of both are in the deepest grief,
and hope that they will soon return. The
girl is q member OF the Universalist Sunday
school, and tho Conley boy isa devous Roman
Catholic,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-17
A Story With -Four Morals tor
Man.

Four flies were in search of break
fast. One found some jelly and regal
cd himself The jelly was not gen
uine, and the fly turned upon his back
The second fly, seeing the sad fate
of his friend, resolved to eat plain
bread. But there was so much alum
in the bread that he, too, turned over
and breathed his last. The third fly
attacked n glass of beer, but the aloes
laid him out cold The fourth fly, see
ing that every thing eatable was tam
pered with, resolved to commit sui
eide. He found some fly paper on
which was inscribed DEATH 20 llie,.
He partook freely, but the more he ate
the better he felt. He stuck ct the Fly
paper, and lived to a good old age
Boston Globe.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-17
A Conclusive Argument.

At one of the summer resorts where
the pleasant fiction prevails that they
have no mosquitoes is located Jackson
vile family. Little En- was put to bed
while papa and mamma were sitting
just outside on the gallery, listening
to the band and watching the gay and
happy crowd fitting to AID fro in the
beautiful grounds below. A little vo &c
called: Mamma. the skeeters bite"
and papa told her to hush and go to
sleep. Don't you know that there are
no mosquitoes here at all-it is just the
heat which is broken out on you. "
Said the plantive little voice: We'll.
| know heat don't sing. papa" The
bar was arranged over her immediate
ly.--JacksonUilie (Fls-) Ne.os.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-17
Deaths.

There were two sudden deaths in
the city Saturday.
Mr.. r.. S. Wires advance agent OF
Nellie Boyd was taken sick at the st.
James Thursday night and died OF
hemorhage of the lungs Saturday
morning.
Mr.. Robert Kreitzman, a German,
was found dead at his room in his
boarding house, the home of Charles
Schultz. He took buggy ride about
the middle of the afternoon, went to
sleep and was found dead death APP
peared to be from heart disease.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-17

Estey organs are known to he the
best in the world viii a. Walkin "
Co, agents.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-17
A TERRIBLE DISEASE.
New York Physicians Banicd by
Peculiar Complaint.


Isaac Techman, cigar manufac-
turer, died ut his home. No. 236 East
Seventy street, last week. says
The New York Tribune. For about
four months previous to his death he
had suffered from peculiar skin DIS
ease, known as pemphigus, which be-
gan with the appearance OF small
pimple on the forehead, which spread
into something like II blister. and
finally broke. The disease then attack
ed the arms and finally the breast and
back, the blisters spreading rapidly
and running together. The irritation
produced by these sores was something
terrible, and the only relief for the
patient was to lie in bath-tub with his
body covered with water.
For four weeks or more he spent
from twelve to fourteen hours 4 day in
this position, and once he lay in the
tub for forty-eight hours. Through all
this suffering he showed remarkable
bravery and fought hard against death
Mr.. Teichman's family physician. Dr.
Julius Schider, called into consultation
Drs. Koltz, Buckley and Hoffman,
and Prof. Fox, all specialists in SIX n
diseases, and all regarded it us most
remarkable case. Prof Unna. of Ham
burg, who was attending the Inter.
national medical congress at Washing
ton, was called. but came too late to be-
of service. DR.. Schneider Sunday gave
reporter some interesting facts about
the disease.
What made the present case remark
able he said, was its extreme severity,
affecting even the mucous membrane
of the eyes. The disease in any FORM
is rare, and this was the first case that
the doctor had ever had in his own
practice. He has another ut present
however, but it is mild, and he has no
doubt of a cure. He believed eight or
ten years would cover all the cases
known in this city, and some of them
would be chronic, and counted over
again year after year. Hardly one
tenth of these cases would be fatal
One of the largest hospitals in the
world, at Vienna. recorded in thirteen
years only 1903 cases of pemphigus out
of a total of 27S $50 patients. The dis
=, sh
than adults, and effects twice as many
males as females. II sometimes occurs
in newborn children, and these cases
are less dangerous and easier of treat
ment than those of older persons.
The disease is absolutely non infec-
tious, animals having been inoculated
with virus from the sores without re-
suit There is much disagreement rs
to the best modes of treatment, and
Dr. Schneider said that it would vary
greatly in different cases. The Ameri-
can school in general prescribcs arsen-
ic. and this was used for Mr.. Teichman.
A milk diet is another remedt favored
by some and prescribed in this case.
Other authorities recommend strength
ening by good nourishmcnt and wine
and iron, and yet others, since the dis
ease is caused by an irritated condition
of the stomach, favor a restricted diet
Mr.. Teichman's case was closely
watched by the doctors and by two
professional nurses, who recorded ev
cry incident, however trifling it might
seem. The record is in the hands OF
DIR. Herman G. Klolz who will proba
bly, prepare an account to be presented
before some medical society.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-17
BuckIen's Arn,ca saive.

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Bheum,
Fever Sores, letter Chsbped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erur
tons, and positively curbs piles or no
pay required. II is guar knteed to give
perfect satisfaction or m{uey refunded
Price % cents per box. For sale by
w. "A. Howell 4 Bro.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-17
Dissolution Of COpartlerSlip.

The co-partnership of Gilbert Il
Clark is this day dissolved by mutual
consent, c. f.. Gilbert having purchas-
ed the interest of l.. w and j w.
Clark in the DALLAS HERALD news
paper and job printing establishment,
and they having retired from said
business G. T. Gilbert assumes any
Indebtedness Of the d firm and will
carry out contracts heretofore made
and is authorized to collect all claims
due the firm. G. Il. GILBERT,
l.. w. CLARK,
j. w. CLARK.
Dallas, Sept, "a, 1887.